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LOTTERY I Drawings for Friday, October 23, 2020
CASH 3
Midday: 4-7-0
Evening: 0-3-6
CASH 4
Midday: 6-4-9-9
Evening: 5-9-8-2
GEORGIA FIVE
Midday: 9-3-9-6-2
Evening: 7-7-9-0-7
Previous days’ drawings
FANTASY FIVE (10/22)
4-10-20-38-41
POWERBALL (10/21)
MEGA MILLIONS (10/20)
1 -3-13-44-56 Power Ball: 26
46-54-57-58-66 Mega Ball: 10
Current jackpot: $102 M
Current jackpot: S97M
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LY\TEST COVID-19 DATA
Oct. 23 NGHS data
Oct. 23 DPH data for Hall County
Total COVID-19 patients: 102
Total cases: 10,529
Gainesville COVID-19 patients: 68
Cases per 100k: 5,103
Braselton COVID-19 patients: 26
Deaths: 173
Total discharged: 2,547
Hospitalizations: 1,078
Total deaths: 359
Percent positive tests in last 2 weeks: 6.4%
WEATHER
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Almanac
Statistics for Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport
through 5 p.m. yesterday
Temperature
High/low
80 64
Normal high/low
69748°
Record high
86° in 1941
Record low
31° in 1974
Precipitation (in inches)
24 hrs. ending 5 p.m. yest.
0.00
Month to date
5.86
Normal month to date
2.98
Year to date
64.00
Normal year to date
43.45
Record for date
2.60 in 1945
Main Offender: Ozone
Source: Environmental Protection Agency
Pollen Yesterday
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Source: National Allergy Bureau
UV Index
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City
Today
Hi Lo W
Tomorrow
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Albany
81 67 t
84 66 pc
Atlanta
75 65 sh
77 64 pc
Augusta
84 67 pc
81 64 c
Brunswick
81 71 pc
81 71 pc
Chattanooga
73 62 c
75 62 pc
Lake Levels
Lake data in feet as of 7 a.m. yesterday
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Lake Lanier
1071.0
1071.38
-0.23
Allatoona Lake
840.0
835.54
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Burton Lake
1865.0
1865.22
-0.15
Clark’s Hill Lake
330.0
330.27
+0.06
Hartwell Lake
660.0
661.12
-0.07
Today Tomorrow
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Columbus 76 66 r 80 65 pc
Dalton 75 63 sh 76 63 pc
Greenville 79 62 pc 73 60 c
Macon 80 65 1 82 63 pc
Savannah 83 68 pc 82 67 pc
Sun and Moon
Sunrise today 7:48 a.m.
Sunset tonight 6:50 p.m.
Moonrise today 3:40 p.m.
Moonset today 1:09 a.m.
Full Last New First
Oct 31 NOV 8 NOV 14 NOV 21
Russell Lake 480.0 474.28 +0.08
West Point Lake 635.0 634.79 -0.46
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New, more powerful electric
vehicles may be on the way
In China, I was fascinated
by the use of electric scooters
everywhere. Students were zip
ping past me at considerable
speed, with tires making the
only sound. At night, walking
across campus could be a chal
lenge. Like phantoms, people on
dark scooters crossed my path
unexpectedly, making me jump
aside. They were reluctant to
turn their lights on because it
would use some of the battery power that
they needed for travel.
And there’s the problem. When you
run low on gas, a 5-minute fill-up at a gas
station will get you going again for a long
time. Electric vehicles require a recharge,
and depending on the kind of charger
that’s used, it can take hours. Batteries for
electric cars are improving significantly,
though. The latest lithium-ion types pro
vide a range of more than 200 miles.
For those of us who are planning to
build their own electric car, there are
some choices. One could make do with
a 100-mile range, using 14 standard
lead-acid batteries. This comes with a
substantial amount of weight, although
it eliminates the need for a fuel system,
exhaust pipes, and a transmission. A high-
grade lithium-ion battery will double the
range. Prices have been dropping continu
ously, currently at $156 per kilowatt-hour
(kWh) according to Bloomberg New
Energy Finance. This means that if you
want the latest 68 kWh battery
pack like the one used in the
2020 Nissan Leaf Plus, you’ll
still pay $10,000 for that part
alone. The engine-less 1971VW
Beetle body I have waiting to be
converted into an electric car
will probably be more modest.
Classic Beetles have tradition
ally been near-impossible to
heat and air-condition anyway,
so there’s no anticipation of
electricity use by those two power-hungry
consumers.
A new light on the horizon comes in
the form of the quantum battery. This lat
est invention relies on quantum physics
instead of chemical reactions like the cur
rent batteries. Essentially, the principle
is based on the energy exchange between
electrons and photons on the atomic scale.
Quantum batteries don’t lose power over
time. Companies working on this inno
vation, including Tesla, Panasonic and
Toyota, are tight-lipped about details and
current status of the project. Don’t expect
to be able to buy a quantum battery at
your local autoparts store soon. But it looks
like a new, more powerful option for run
ning electric vehicles may be coming.
Rudi Kiefer, Ph.D., is a professor at Brenau
University, teaching physical and health
sciences on Brenau’s Georgia campuses
and in China. His column appears Sundays
and at gainesvilletimes.com.
TODAY IN HISTORY
On this date:
In 1861, the first transcontinental telegraph message was sent
by Chief Justice Stephen J. Field of California from San Fran
cisco to President Abraham Lincoln in Washington, D.C., over
a line built by the Western Union Telegraph Co.
In 1940, the 40-hour work week went into effect under the Fair
Labor Standards Act of 1938.
In 1945, the United Nations officially came into existence as its
charter took effect.
In 1952, Republican presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisen
hower declared in Detroit, “I shall go to Korea” as he promised
to end the conflict. (He made the visit over a month later.)
In 1962, a naval quarantine of Cuba ordered by President John
F. Kennedy went into effect during the missile crisis.
In 1972, Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson, who’d broken Major
League Baseball’s modern-era color barrier in 1947, died in
Stamford, Connecticut, at age 53.
In 1992, the Toronto Blue Jays became the first non-U.S. team
to win the World Series as they defeated the Atlanta Braves,
4-3, in Game 6.
In 1996, TyRon Lewis, 18, a Black motorist, was shot to death by
police during a traffic stop in St. Petersburg, Florida; the incident
sparked rioting. (Officer James Knight, who said that Lewis
had lurched his car at him several times, knocking him onto the
hood, was cleared by a grand jury and the Justice Department.)
BIRTHDAYS
Rock musician Bill Wyman
is 84. Actor F. Murray
Abraham is 81. Movie
director-screenwriter
David S. Ward is 75. Actor
Kevin Kline is 73. Con
gressman and former
NAACP President Kweisi
Mfume is 72. Country mu
sician Billy Thomas (Terry
McBride and the Ride) is
67. Actor Doug Davidson
is 66. Actor B.D. Wong is
60. Actor Zahn McClarnon
is 54. Singer Michael
Trent (Shovels & Rope) is
43. Singer-actor Monica
Arnold is 40. Actor-
comedian Casey Wilson
is 40. R&B singer, actor
and “The Real” co-host
Adrienne Bailon Houghton
is 37. Actor Tim Pocock is
35. R&B singer-rapper-
actor Drake is 34. Actor
Shenae Grimes is 31. Actor
Eliza Taylor is 31. Actor
Ashton Sanders (Film:
“Moonlight”) is 25. Olym
pic gold medal gymnast
Kyla Ross is 24.
TODAY IN HISTORY PHOTO
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Associated Press
School children from Atlanta, Ga., present New York Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt with a
good luck piece, an ancient horseshoe, when his car passed by them during a parade held
in his honor, Oct. 24,1932. Gov. Roosevelt is shown with the horseshoe in the rear seat,
with Gov. Richard B. Russell, Jr., of Georgia, also waving, and Hugh Howell, chairman of
the reception committee. Gov. Roosevelt’s son James is seen in the front seat.
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HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
You’re so qualified to con
tribute to the group, if not to
lead it, and yet you tend to be
quietly respectful, listening
to all. If you hold back too
much, then you’ll be depriv
ing the group of one of its
finest contributors.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). A
fierce urge to procrastinate
will set in, but productivity
can still win out if you’re ruth
less enough. Do the dreaded
thing first. Don’t give yourself
choices or time to think about
it. Just do it.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
Who gives your life meaning?
You do. Some events just
happen and some you create
deliberately. Either way, the
one who decides what they
mean is always you.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
“One size fits all,” says the
tag. Even so, sometimes
one size fits none. In today’s
case, a healthy dose of skep
ticism will keep you from be
lieving generic advice which
is wrong — for not just for
you but for everyone.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). A
situation has drifted into the
realm of dysfunction and
delusion, but it’s not too late
to steer it back to the land
of usefulness and facts.
Start by sharing your honest
observations about what’s
going on right now.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
Though you’re standing side
by side with someone, you
both took very different paths
to get to that place. Learning
another person’s path will be
a highlight of your day.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-0ct. 23). You
find deep gratification in
paying it forward and will es
pecially enjoy seeing your ef
forts have done a true service
to others while knowing there
will also be benefits you will
never see.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).
Everything and anything
worth having take time, effort
and training. Your superstar
move today will be to let
admired ones know that
you appreciate the amount
of work that went into what
they built.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). The product is important
but so is presentation. If you
don’t show it in a way that
lets it be seen in the right
light, then you’re not making
good on your investment.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).
Though you often know what
you want, today you’ll be sur
prised to learn that you have
aims you’ve kept a secret
from yourself. You had your
reasons, but now things have
changed.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.18).
You have a tight, focused
lens on your work and will
see the details that matter
and the flaws, too. Healthy
criticism keeps you turning
out a good product, but don’t
cross the line into meanness.
Be nice to yourself.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).
The spotlight is also a target.
The price of being in the
center of attention is cour
age. Because no matter who
you are, you’ll be vulnerable
to a lot of different kinds of
attention. It’s worth it if your
purpose is strong enough.
